Administrative Information
Provenance
Part I of the papers of Henry Kissinger, assistant to the president for national security affairs and secretary of state, was given by Kissinger to the Library of Congress between 1976 and 1977. A deposit of personal papers made in 1986 was returned to Kissinger in 1991.
Processing History
Part I of the papers of Henry Kissinger was arranged and described in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2016.
Transfers
Some audiotapes have been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of of these papers.
Related Material
Part II of the Kissinger Papers is comprised of materials that are owned either by the Library of Congress or Yale University. When they were in Kissinger's possession, the papers formed an integrated collection. To maintain that integrity, as well as increase access to these materials, the two institutions agreed to a joint project undertaken by Yale to arrange, describe, and digitize them. Each institution now holds both paper and digital copies of Part II. Part III of the Kissinger Papers was given to Yale University in 2011. It comprises material originally maintained by Kissinger's staff and primarily documents his post-government years.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Henry A. Kissinger Papers, Part I, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.